@@RosieJonesRules Cortex Castle. The only major things that stand out about it are the constant 90 degree turns that make it annoying to navigate and even the visual overhaul is feels negligible in comparison to everything else.
Ikr? Dragon Mines too. Ever since I learned how to U-turn I barely ever lose on those tracks. Feels so nice to be in a tight race and then hit Dragon Mine's corkscrew turn or Turbo Track's switchback turns and just leave everyone in the dust.
@@ajitihaveamicropenispai9788 nah that's understandable. A majority of players slow down at the u turn bits and all the other parts of the track are really boring
Whilst driving forwards hold down+right on the dpad, hold break and mash hop. You'll do a super tight u-turn and barely lose any speed. Just bare in mind that if you hold break without hopping you'll lose all your speed. I recommend practicing on Coco Park; it's a wide easy track and because of the turbo pad you can see if you keep your Sacred Fire or not.
@@onetruecragenag1547 finally did it this morning 😅, if you manage to get sacred fire from the final boost pad it's doable. Definitely the hardest one though
Meteor Gorge and Barin Ruins are really fun to play. Inferno Island and Turbo Track are alright. Dragon Mines is only a little difficult but is a fun track.
dkmastere Jungle Boogie is really short though. I really like Tiny Arena, the great thing about are the high walls, many bumps and no shortcut. It means hitting someone is really tricky unless you're right up their arse. Power ups are an important part of CTR, but Tiny Arena is perhaps the only track where you can compare driver skills.
Tbh I don't actually mind it apart from the relic race being a bitch. I watched a few vids on how to beat oxide and ended up beating him by just over a second
I'm going to vouch and say "Grand Prix tracks" are the worst in the sense that everyone will pick them over everything and I'm tired of playing them all the time lol.
THANK YOU finally someone said it CTR tracks always slam and no one picks them bruh Everytime someone picks the gingerbread level I wanna hurl myself out of a window
It's a very bland map. It's really wide, no real challenge and the only hazard is that one random guy flying the magic carpet. And yes, it gets voted every other online race...smh
@@twirox1662 tbh the map aint that bad its just getting repetitive cause the community for whatever reason wants to pick it over and over. Its pretty fun maintaining USF in that map.
@@slayer4932 Yeah, that too...Played it too many times it is getting irritating. I agree, it's fun to keep USF up don't get me wrong. I just tend to like harder maps like Hot Air Skyway where USF gives you real edge.
@@twirox1662 yep hot air skyway probably my personal favorite map. I still gotta work on u turning that hairpin turn. I could basically jump it but have to come to complete stops.
Sewer Speedway is honestly also pretty bad in CTRNF. Beenox missed the good feeling of drifting through the tunnels. And the shortcut is way harder than the original and turns you around when you land. So if you miss the shortcut you are just screwed.
Am I the only one that dislikes Dingo Canyon? It’s such a bland wasteland without many shortcuts or ways to go fast. Plus those Armadillos go against you so many times.
I agree the worst are 5.tiger temple 4.karnival 3.coco park 2.roo tubes 1.inferno island In my opinion I find sf tracks boring except meteor barin and dragon ironically
Meteor gorge is made together with its ost, making you drop down (the first fall) the "meteor gorge" while trying to maintain speed during some simple but killer obstacles. If you want to get a solid time, you need to master every centimeter of snow you touch, and getting to know every corner while the killer ost follows you, making it so satisfying. Barin ruins is not that much of my liking, but it feels really exotic. You're in some kind of steampunk ruins, in the same world as meteor gorge. It's all about the context.
Me: Hey there fellow gamer. Whats your favorite CTR:NF track? Random dude: Dragon Min- Me: **covers his mouth** shhhh, *we don't speak by the devil's name...*
Although I love every track in the game, I can agree that Dragon Mines is painful when it comes to keeping speed. I guess that's part of the reason why it's so great.
Lol. I was literally saying to myself: *Dragon Mines better be in here.* And it got number 1. I swear that spiral feels so much tougher to handle than in the original. 😁
In the original, you could jump-bounce off the wall and not lose major speed. Now, you gotta do it the hard way. I'm not complaining. Beating Oxide made me learn that track down to a tee.
Turbo Track I feel gets undue hate. Sure theres literally three tight turns. But the trick there is to make three sharp turns. This is one reason why it was so important Beenox recreated the physics and controls of the game, because U-Turn does just that WHILE keeping your speed. With practice you retain your turbo throughout the whole bloody thing. Turbo Track is one of my favorite tracks because of this, DESPITE the fact it's so simple of a track. It's like Electron Avenue for me: How good you are with your controls determines how fast you can complete the race, and usually when you haul ass you lap people doing it. The biggest difference between the two I feel is that the two tracks are on the opposite ends of the spectrum, with TT being really short and Electron Avenue really long. The hate for it is unjust when the sharp turns are there for a reason, as well as the brakes, and the recreated game physics. Just because there are speed killers doesn't mean it's an awful track. Just take a look at Sewer Speedway... it's got a shortcut that can potentially fail and kills your speed through absolutely no fault of your own, and it feels like a game of chance when you're doing it. It's not fun going there, because taking the shortcut might shit on you, on top of the players do managing to make the shortcut SOMEHOW shits on you as well. Theres no wins here, only frustration. A track like Turbo Track you can keep your USF throughout the whole thing (it's possible, and I'm not the best CTR player out there), and it can be done through practice. Meanwhile Sewer Speedway... practice is meaningless, it feels like RNG because theres no consistent way of doing the shortcut. Although it looks amazing here, Beenox botched this track pretty badly: it was one of the best tracks to one of the worst, and it's in large part due to how shortcut works. Also, while difficult it's possible to retain that speed on Dragon Mine, just U-Turn and use the shortcut instead. Even if you hit a wall you are out of the worst of it right away. Though it's no secret despite how awesome the recreated the visuals are, it's easily the worst track. Maybe Beenox could have saved it by making the awful part go down instead of up so you can just jump off the bridge through the sides. Of all tracks that needed a revisioning the most I feel like Dragon Mines is the most justified one. A simple change in that layout would certainly be welcomed, I know for a fact nobody likes it anyway, so I doubt anyone would bitch about a change to the most hated track be made to be more tolerable
I have some thoughts! *Barin Ruins* I think is a good track overall, but the art direction does let it down. The pink doesn't do it any favours and it has a problem with contrast that makes it look very flat. *Meteor Gorge* I actually really like, it's a nice breather from the more complicated courses without being as simple as Coco Park, and it has better contrast than Barin Ruins. *Inferno Island* I feel suffers because it is a blatant copy of Crash Cove, but is even simpler than that track so it doesn't compare well. Other than that it isn't bad for me, just really uninteresting and unnecessary. *Turbo Track* I think is an okay track, I feel the triple hairpin is really so that leads don't become TOO enormous. But I agree that it takes a good while to figure out how you're supposed to take those turns. *Dragon Mines* I feel is a deserved entry, but purely for its latter half with the corkscrew and the wooden pillars. The first half is actually not that bad IMO!
I Disagree with Inferno Island, Meteor George and Barin Ruins. But oh my god I couldn't agree more with turbo track and dragon mines. Those 2 tracks can burn in hell
I'd say this list is fair. I agree with everything other than maybe Inferno Island. I think visually it's so good it makes it fun to race on. Not too bad imo. But I can't think of a stage to replace it with. edit: Android Alley
For me it's Dragon Mines, Slide Coliseum, Thunderstruck, Sewer Speedway And Turbo track Although i don't actually hate any of them and would race on all the tracks Slide and turbo are just Too boring and plain. Sewer Speedway is broken in places including the shortcut and loss of momentum. Thunderstruck has some very frustrating sections when playing online due to how narrow parts are and the swinging Maces. And Dragon Mines is Dragon Mines it was never liked mostly due to the spiral corner that takes all your momentum
I used to not like Slide Coliseum back in PS1, but now I now understand to take the "slide" far beyond the tracks, even into the grass, and the input gymnastic required makes it honestly really fun to me,also has fun jumps despite being a flat track with no gaps. Sewer Speedway makes me sad because it was fun in the original
@@ClassicGamerX11 You can time going through the maces but it's really hard and inconsistent. Just how Sewer speedway's shortcut sometimes work and sometimes doesn't
I hate dingo canyon, oxide station, and dragon mines due to lack of drifting. Meteor gorge and barin ruins are some of my faves cuz the drifting is amazing and so simple
This is a really interesting list. I love the first 4 choices. But dragon mines? Really? I get why you hate it but I honestly really like the design overall.
I actually agree with you on all these tracks, especially Dragon Mines with its cork screw turn. I don't remember that corner being so bad in the original. Problem is, in the new one, any corner you hit slows you massively.
Dragon Mines and Turbo Track are very simple tracks, each with 1 section that requires skills. Most of the people who can U-turn consistently enjoy these tracks.
I only hate 2 tracks because Beenox: - Hyper Spaceway: a long track that was simply half cut from the original results in a bland track with USF all over it. - Twilight Tour: once someone grabs the USF, there is no catch up, even with orbs (very slow).
I like Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge a lot. Sure, they don't have much in them, but that works in their favor as you can optimize power slides and the shortcuts to the max. And what about freaking Cortex Castle? That track is the father of all speed killers ever!
I hate Dragon Mines and Crash Cove. Dragon mines because I don't think it's well designed and Crash Cove because it's the hardest track on hard mode and one of the hardest time trials despite the fact that it's the first track in the game. It took me ages to get passed it on hard mode, but then I breezed through the rest of them wth game.
@Crystal Phoenix Maintain SF from the turbo pad in the track, then on the second lap, take the shortcut while jumping through it. You'll be sonic out this bitch!
5. Sewer Speedway 4. Blizzard Bluff 3. Oxide Station 2. Turbo Track 1. Dragon Mines Only CNK maps I'm not too fond of are Meteor Gorge and Barin Ruins, but that's purely from aesthetics.
My top 5: 1. Inferno Island. It's Coco Park without the corner cutting and online play revolves around who can boost chain longer or gets more missiles, shields or masks than the others. 2. Coco Park. It's a wide circle where you boost chain all race. Only saving grace is corner cutting's fun. 3. Oxide Station. Great boss race, pain in the butt to race online. 4. Crash Cove. Up until the bridge it's great, then it turns into Inferno Island. 5. Papu Pyramid. Fun offline or in Adventure mode but online play boils down to who can do 2 shortcuts the most consistently which makes the race's outcome more deterministic and thus more boring.
IMO Oxide Station is the worst track in the game. - Its long and Boring - No shortcuts whatsoever - The bumpy-ness of the track makes it incredibly difficult not to lose speed, - Collision on the side of the track when landing from ramps can have you clip off.
Huh. Well this is an opinion piece so I know you aren’t peddling these as facts, but four and five seem... unusual. They’re almost always some of the most popular tracks when I play. Still, great vid!
thank you! Yea I never said this was a matter of fact (kinda hard to determine it) but I sat down and I had a huge session playing through every track end to end and just judged my feelings. Most tracks were positive, but I felt 4 and 5 just kinda fell flat in comparison to my thoughts and experience. Like I had said I don't think their bad, just kinda, bland. But that's my personal point of view, can't help what I like and dont like lol
I couldn’t agree more with the last track tbh. Dragon Mines could be a fun track, but that dayum corckscrew is just so poorly designed and basically halts all momentum you could’ve hoped to have. It’s due to this track alone why Komodo Joe was such a pain to beat in adventure mode.
I was lucky enough to get oxides trial on dragon mines in 15 minutes or so. The only track in the game that gave me trouble was sewer speedway which took about 2 hours
Good choice for #1, that's my most hated track, too. Stupidly tight turn followed by ramming into a pillar or getting run over by a mine cart (which travels as fast as a cart, making it very hard to time correctly).
I also don't like those tracks, but not because the tracks suck. But because I suck on them. I always feel like if I had learn the track better I wouldn't suck so much on it. But because I don't take the time, I don't like the tracks XD
5. Assembly Lane Really long and drab to look at. Effectively just becomes N.Gin Labs in the last section. Beats out Inferno Island because it's longer. 4. Dingo Canyon Absolutely can't stand the water section or the armadillos. 3. Oxide Station A very long track with no shortcuts and little room to maneuver makes this track, especially online, a steamroll win or defeat based on how well placed items are to mess up your day. 2. Dragon Mines The spiral really does speak for itself. 1. Tiger Temple A track that favours RNG over skill is never a good track. Whilst it was clearly originally built to give you an edge over AI competition, the forward-throwing shortcut is damn near a requirement to have any hope of winning an online game. Let's be real though, with items balanced for a rubber-banding AI and dodgy sync issues, can we truly say any one track is bad when online is so hilariously broken?
Tiger temple is a good track overall, the game is not just on line. But I couldnt agree more about Dingo Canyon. Must be one of the tracks I hate the more with Inferno Island
I actually love inferno island because it has the closest field of ANY online track due to lack of shortcuts and difficulty so it's the only track where a novice could realistically beat a pro
Dragon Mines and Turbo Track are some of my favourite tracks to play online. Almost no-one knows how to take the corners so it's a free win most of the time
You can skip the Dragon Mines turn with the minekart shortcut. If you have enough speed you can u-turn into it and do it without a mask and it's incredibly satisfying to pull off. My least favourites are Deep Sea Driving and Dingo Canyon
I love Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge but I really dislike Electron Avenue. I just don't like the layout and aesthetic of it. Finally, the less said about Dragon Mines, the better.
What's bad about Electron Avenue? Almost every turbo pad gives you blue flame and it's incredibly satisfying using the u turns to make tight turns. Not to mention drift boosting works splendid here. The music and aesthetic is fun and exciting too!
@@heldon7951 Not really sure but I'm just not keen on it. It just doesn seem to 'flow' as well as the tracks I enjoy. I mean, I may come to like it once I get good enough to sustain USF for most of the lap but I'm only at the stage of being able to consistently chain 3 boosts at the moment. I still can't get the hang of those hop-brake u-turns yet either, but I'm sure they will come with practice :)
Ohh I love Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge, are my favourite tracks online even :( also, I love your content!! I would love to see your top 5 best tracks and other top counts :)
I get that #5 and #4 aren't "unique" enough, but I feel that if you showed comparisons from the aspects of the other tracks they have then your point would come across stronger. However, for your top 3 your comparisons and reasoning were spot on.
I maybe should have emphasized more on the fact that I don't HATE those tracks, I just don't really care for them. This video overall was actually kinda difficult to do cause I love so many tracks, there's only 3 I dislike. The other two are just kinda "meh" to me
@@CanadianGuyEh | no I definitely got the point across that you don't hate the tracks, however when you talk about how they aren't really unique aspects you should demonstrate what other tracks have said aspects (and do them with better theming, pacing, etc.)
Idk why but I genuinely have fun in metero gorge. It's an easy track to keep your speed on and drifting in the ice part will never stop satisfying me. In barren ruins the ice turn is satisfactory to drift on too.
Meteor Gorge and Barin Ruins and such fun tracks to play, don't know why they are in the list... The list should include buggy tracks like Sewer Speedway...
I love Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge, but I do see Canadian Guy's point. The tracks are kind of bland, plus looking at the Nitro-Fueled versions, the design and colour pallet is more or less identical for both tracks.
Meteor gorge is my favourite track of the game lmao. Do I have a taste THAT bad? (The track that I like the least is slide coliseum, and thar would be it. I still like it)
I was like "Nah this dude ain't know what he's talking about" when #5 but then I remembered I love all tracks so I'd disagree no matter what popped up. The brick wall is why I love Turbo Track. So many people struggle with it online you can get one hell of a lead if you know what you're doing. Also keeping USF during it in one hell of a flex.
I’m pretty average at this game (I’ve only beat N.Tropy on 9 levels) but it’s so fun to play regardless! It’s gonna take me a long time unlock everything if I ever manage it. I’ll always enjoy thrashing around the courses with my fave characters.
I am FAR from being as OP as seemingly everyone else by now with keeping crazy speeds the entire race long as I tend to have a thing for finding walls where nobody else can (IRL and on the game, it's a strange power, really) and literally "boop" all my speed away all the time. Or fly straight off a cliff because I just have a complete brain fart and forget where the hell I'm going. But I'm kinda surprised that Sewer Speedway and Thunderstruck aren't on here. Sewer Speedway has an INCREDIBLY broken "shortcut" that literally nobody uses because even if you DO manage to get up there...you might end up further back in the pack somehow. Which, I don't know HOW this happens, as in the original I remember it being a KEY shortcut to take. If you attempt it and miss, then, well. You get stuck on the wall, start being forced backwards and are turned the wrong way automatically for some reason. Which. I don't understand at all. It's like, the CRUELEST shortcut-miss punishment of all. (I mean, this somehow always happens to me at least. I have NO idea how, or why, but yeah.) Thunderstruck... again with those random walls coming out of nowhere that wanna "boop" me and just flying so far off the track I swear I think I'm going to land on an entirely different track. I loved the original (with the upside downs and the mass chaos) and I do NOT AT ALL blame Beenox for the change of the track. They did great with remaking it to fit CTR:NF standards, and the graphics and added stuff are just GORGEOUS, like with every other track. I'm still blown away whenever I race on an old track and see all this new beauty added. But Thunderstruck overall is sort of...muddy, and dull. I (think) in the original the wacky part of the track was at least a bright yellow to make the stage pop a bit more? Although it is a little easier to see hazards (other than those magical walls that I must love and ends of cliffs) that others lay down to avoid them a bit better, so thanks for that. And Oxide Station. Ah, I don't know WHY. It was literally my FAVORITE on the original, I would purposely play it with (I think) 9 laps because it was/felt so LONG. But for some reason, it feels...really short now? I mean, it could be because of the longer CNK tracks added, making the track seem much shorter than it actually is. Though one thing that throws me off a little is one of the jumps, when you jump down through the middle of the giant corkscrew of track you just got yourself all dizzy over navigating and now feel a little, I don't know, "better" (can't think of a better word at the moment) jumping through what seem to be the endless hoops of tracks (sometimes seeing other players/AIs still suffering through it)... it feels like a LOT smaller of a jump, like it's all been squished down like a PB&J sandwich somehow. Now, again, I'm not sure if it really has or if my memory of the first game is just faulty (it's been at least 5 years since I last played it...yes, that's how long I had a PS2 hooked up and all those wired controllers with that one old memory card with the (then) 15 year old data still sitting around in my living room just so I could race with my dad and my live in aunt on an almost daily basis), it just feels that way. But this is all just personal opinion. From a kinda novice, apparently, CTR:NF racer (who still LOVES the game and has no idea what she would do without it, just...kinda lost some of her racing skill from her childhood days, apparently). Sorry for the long post. If anyone actually read all of this, uh, -checks pockets- HERE! Crystal for you!! I, er, guess?
I would add any track where people can cut the track in non-develoment ways. That includes Papu's Pyramid, Polar Pass, Electron Avenue, and unfortunately Thunderstruck as well. Thunderstruck is one of my favorite tracks even from CNK, but it's unenjoyable when sweats cut the track in ways unintended during development and that most people don't know to or need a specific character class under certain conditions in order to cut as they do. Besides that, my top tracks are Deep Sea Driving, Coco Park, Tiny Temple, Mystery Caves, Blizzard Bluff, Cortex Castle, N. Gin Labs, Hot Air Skyway, and Oxide Station
Everybody gangsta till you play dragon mines on online
I agree
Hasn’t happened once for me, and let’s keep it that way too.
Nah mate
Everybody gangsta till you play Twilight Tour for the 24th time online
@@limen008 or Prehistoric Playground now .-.
Meteor gorge is actually one of my favorite tracks in this game
RosieJonesRules probably coco park
@@RosieJonesRules slide coliseum
Oxide Station
@@RosieJonesRules Cortex Castle.
The only major things that stand out about it are the constant 90 degree turns that make it annoying to navigate and even the visual overhaul is feels negligible in comparison to everything else.
I love Meteor Gorge too ! I play this track with my brother the whoooole day ! Its smooth and slik ! Very fast paced !
Mostly agree but nah sorry Meteor Gorge is ABSOLUTELY SOLID
the new design is a downgrade to the old snow track in CNK though
meteor gorge is amazing dawg
Meteor gorge solid i gues syou love being under aged to have a baby daiper it SUCKS and trolls
Geth Prime No? It’s actually a pretty basic track, but it’s nothing gimmicky or over the top.
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Me: *Starts the adventure on Hard difficulty thinking it will be like the original.*
Crash Cove: *I'm about to end this man's whole career!*
Lol. Hard difficulty should be titled ego shattering difficulty
Crash Cove is comically the hardest track in hard mode.
the irony of hard mode is the CPU is harder to beat on EASY tracks and easier to beat on hard tracks
@@soraboy93 cAuse you can make a lead gap on long tracks. Not to mention BLUE FIRE
Not gonna lie, once you beat all of oxides time trials the hard mode is an absolute joke.
"TOP 5 WORST CTR TRACKS IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER"
"5: You know I don't actually really hate this one"
Good start
But when you nail U-turn in that section on Turbo track, it's pretty damn satisfying
Ikr? Dragon Mines too. Ever since I learned how to U-turn I barely ever lose on those tracks. Feels so nice to be in a tight race and then hit Dragon Mine's corkscrew turn or Turbo Track's switchback turns and just leave everyone in the dust.
Exactly!
Thats cus Dragon Mines and Turbo Track rewards skill. Trash players just love to cry.
Turbo track is a new favourite of mine since learning the U turn.
I’ve done that particular U turn on that track so much that it’s basically my go to shortcut whenever I play.
Oh my days. 5 and 4 should be nowhere near this list
Put Sewer Speedway on it lol. That shortcut is super rage inducing when you can't do it
Turbo track should be nowhere near this list too
@@ajitihaveamicropenispai9788 nah that's understandable. A majority of players slow down at the u turn bits and all the other parts of the track are really boring
@@blueheart9873 yeah I agree. Sewer speedway in the original was one of the best tracks but has gone downhill in the remake quite badly
@@funkydinosaur5651 Those hairpin turns seperate skilled players from beginners, and no, the track is fun
It had to be Dragon Mines, I've almost launched my Switch out my window trying to beat Oxide's time on this
Lol launch
So you are really bad
That's your issue....
You're using the switch meaning every track is worse!
Whilst driving forwards hold down+right on the dpad, hold break and mash hop.
You'll do a super tight u-turn and barely lose any speed. Just bare in mind that if you hold break without hopping you'll lose all your speed. I recommend practicing on Coco Park; it's a wide easy track and because of the turbo pad you can see if you keep your Sacred Fire or not.
@@onetruecragenag1547 finally did it this morning 😅, if you manage to get sacred fire from the final boost pad it's doable. Definitely the hardest one though
Meteor Gorge and Barin Ruins are really fun to play. Inferno Island and Turbo Track are alright. Dragon Mines is only a little difficult but is a fun track.
Barin ruins is one of my favourites, behind Jungle Boogie and Meteor Gorge
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Meteor Gorge is such a fun track and it looks good too.
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dkmastere Jungle Boogie is really short though. I really like Tiny Arena, the great thing about are the high walls, many bumps and no shortcut. It means hitting someone is really tricky unless you're right up their arse. Power ups are an important part of CTR, but Tiny Arena is perhaps the only track where you can compare driver skills.
Barin Ruins is a pretty great course, i wish more tracks used half pipes.
I absolutely HATE Dragon Mines. Of course because of the awful layout, but also because Oxide’s ghost gave me traumatic memories.
Esh, and don’t get me started on the relic race, that was a bitch to race
Tbh I don't actually mind it apart from the relic race being a bitch. I watched a few vids on how to beat oxide and ended up beating him by just over a second
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I'm going to vouch and say "Grand Prix tracks" are the worst in the sense that everyone will pick them over everything and I'm tired of playing them all the time lol.
THANK YOU finally someone said it
CTR tracks always slam and no one picks them bruh
Everytime someone picks the gingerbread level I wanna hurl myself out of a window
so, you dislike turbo track because you cant u-turn...fine
Well its also bland as fuck as is slide collosseum
@Blake V slide colloseum has it moments but cis usually pretty dull for me
It sucks
@B G also the music is amazing on slide
Im just tired of Twilight Tour over and over
It's a very bland map. It's really wide, no real challenge and the only hazard is that one random guy flying the magic carpet. And yes, it gets voted every other online race...smh
@@twirox1662 tbh the map aint that bad its just getting repetitive cause the community for whatever reason wants to pick it over and over. Its pretty fun maintaining USF in that map.
@@slayer4932 Yeah, that too...Played it too many times it is getting irritating. I agree, it's fun to keep USF up don't get me wrong. I just tend to like harder maps like Hot Air Skyway where USF gives you real edge.
@@twirox1662 yep hot air skyway probably my personal favorite map. I still gotta work on u turning that hairpin turn. I could basically jump it but have to come to complete stops.
@@slayer4932 Yeah, it's pretty hard to master. I still can't constantly keep USF up the whole lap. It's that hairpin turn I still mess up many times
What? How could you mentioned barin ruins and meteor george? Those tracks are great
They are great tracks, he just sucks at them.
I finish in the top 3 consistently on both tracks.
I just am not the biggest fan of them is all
Well ok anyway after all is a good video and i'm sure everything was under your opinion;)
They're the most hated tracks in the game, I love them but they're more hated than Hitler
@@WhateverWhenever888 I don't think you can suck at meteor gorge it's that easy of a track
Sewer Speedway is honestly also pretty bad in CTRNF. Beenox missed the good feeling of drifting through the tunnels. And the shortcut is way harder than the original and turns you around when you land. So if you miss the shortcut you are just screwed.
Exactly! but still one of my favourites
Not to mention they patched the ramps along the tracks so you can't try to get air from them
Am I the only one that dislikes Dingo Canyon? It’s such a bland wasteland without many shortcuts or ways to go fast. Plus those Armadillos go against you so many times.
Portersona I don’t like it much
I honestly can't help but have too much fun in all the tracks. They're all great in my opinion.
I agree
Same, sort of, no. 2 to me is the worst & probably not as fun to play, but all those tracks are fun as hell
I find Dingo Canyon hella boring, don't know why he didn't add it.
I agree the worst are
5.tiger temple
4.karnival
3.coco park
2.roo tubes
1.inferno island
In my opinion I find sf tracks boring except meteor barin and dragon ironically
3:53 - 3:55 *Look at the bottom left corner* I see what you did there
Nice spot
Lol
No 4 and 5
Two of my Bast track in the game
I vote for them in online every time
عبد العزيز MZ yea because they’re super easy and boring lol
@@jessejive117
No
Because so many actin happen
@@3zoz.z you mean item clusters and shortcut blocking? Ye
Meteor gorge is made together with its ost, making you drop down (the first fall) the "meteor gorge" while trying to maintain speed during some simple but killer obstacles. If you want to get a solid time, you need to master every centimeter of snow you touch, and getting to know every corner while the killer ost follows you, making it so satisfying.
Barin ruins is not that much of my liking, but it feels really exotic. You're in some kind of steampunk ruins, in the same world as meteor gorge. It's all about the context.
I completley agree with the top 3, but Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge are honestly my two favourite tracks in the whole game.
They have really good flow for boost chaining.
Yeah same !! They are smooth and fast paced tracks !!
Top 5 track Canadian Guy Eh gets owned online...
Me: Hey there fellow gamer. Whats your favorite CTR:NF track?
Random dude: Dragon Min-
Me: **covers his mouth** shhhh, *we don't speak by the devil's name...*
Although I love every track in the game, I can agree that Dragon Mines is painful when it comes to keeping speed. I guess that's part of the reason why it's so great.
I liked meteor gorge before everyone worked out the shortcut because it was an easy win.
Lol. I was literally saying to myself: *Dragon Mines better be in here.* And it got number 1. I swear that spiral feels so much tougher to handle than in the original. 😁
Yeah I SWEAR I remember as a kid sometimes being able to drift around the spiral without hitting the wall as Pura or Polar. But now that's impossible
Learn how to uturn and ull have no problems :)
In the original, you could jump-bounce off the wall and not lose major speed. Now, you gotta do it the hard way. I'm not complaining. Beating Oxide made me learn that track down to a tee.
Turbo Track I feel gets undue hate. Sure theres literally three tight turns. But the trick there is to make three sharp turns. This is one reason why it was so important Beenox recreated the physics and controls of the game, because U-Turn does just that WHILE keeping your speed. With practice you retain your turbo throughout the whole bloody thing. Turbo Track is one of my favorite tracks because of this, DESPITE the fact it's so simple of a track. It's like Electron Avenue for me: How good you are with your controls determines how fast you can complete the race, and usually when you haul ass you lap people doing it. The biggest difference between the two I feel is that the two tracks are on the opposite ends of the spectrum, with TT being really short and Electron Avenue really long.
The hate for it is unjust when the sharp turns are there for a reason, as well as the brakes, and the recreated game physics. Just because there are speed killers doesn't mean it's an awful track. Just take a look at Sewer Speedway... it's got a shortcut that can potentially fail and kills your speed through absolutely no fault of your own, and it feels like a game of chance when you're doing it. It's not fun going there, because taking the shortcut might shit on you, on top of the players do managing to make the shortcut SOMEHOW shits on you as well. Theres no wins here, only frustration. A track like Turbo Track you can keep your USF throughout the whole thing (it's possible, and I'm not the best CTR player out there), and it can be done through practice. Meanwhile Sewer Speedway... practice is meaningless, it feels like RNG because theres no consistent way of doing the shortcut. Although it looks amazing here, Beenox botched this track pretty badly: it was one of the best tracks to one of the worst, and it's in large part due to how shortcut works.
Also, while difficult it's possible to retain that speed on Dragon Mine, just U-Turn and use the shortcut instead. Even if you hit a wall you are out of the worst of it right away. Though it's no secret despite how awesome the recreated the visuals are, it's easily the worst track. Maybe Beenox could have saved it by making the awful part go down instead of up so you can just jump off the bridge through the sides. Of all tracks that needed a revisioning the most I feel like Dragon Mines is the most justified one. A simple change in that layout would certainly be welcomed, I know for a fact nobody likes it anyway, so I doubt anyone would bitch about a change to the most hated track be made to be more tolerable
Or you could just get good at the track lol
I have some thoughts! *Barin Ruins* I think is a good track overall, but the art direction does let it down. The pink doesn't do it any favours and it has a problem with contrast that makes it look very flat. *Meteor Gorge* I actually really like, it's a nice breather from the more complicated courses without being as simple as Coco Park, and it has better contrast than Barin Ruins. *Inferno Island* I feel suffers because it is a blatant copy of Crash Cove, but is even simpler than that track so it doesn't compare well. Other than that it isn't bad for me, just really uninteresting and unnecessary. *Turbo Track* I think is an okay track, I feel the triple hairpin is really so that leads don't become TOO enormous. But I agree that it takes a good while to figure out how you're supposed to take those turns. *Dragon Mines* I feel is a deserved entry, but purely for its latter half with the corkscrew and the wooden pillars. The first half is actually not that bad IMO!
If you know how to u-turn you can scrap the top 2 tracks off this list
Shout out to my bois who like Dragon Mines like I do. All 1% of us!
Barin Ruins, I could FLY through that course just like Deep Sea Driving.
I like Dragon Mines, just the corkscrew part bothers me.
#4/#5 are great tracks imo...once you really get the u turn tech down #1/#2 become much more fun
springboob squirepin Skill or not, there’s a reason people despise dragon mines. Turbo track I agree with
Unpopular opinion here, Oxide Station is the worst by far
the ones that are boring and drag on forever. I agree. I'd place Tiny Arena above Oxide Station
You're opinion is shit
get good and you'll love it
@@lilpp4791
Fix your grammar first
@@HyperVanilo nope
I Disagree with Inferno Island, Meteor George and Barin Ruins. But oh my god I couldn't agree more with turbo track and dragon mines. Those 2 tracks can burn in hell
The top 2 is just a matter of getting good at sharp tuns and avoiding obstacles, nothing more :)
They are masterful tracks :)
I remember having no trouble at all with dragon mines in the original... now that corkscrew gets me every time
The lack of Sewer Speedway is baffling. That track is outright broken with the new physics.
I'd say this list is fair. I agree with everything other than maybe Inferno Island. I think visually it's so good it makes it fun to race on. Not too bad imo. But I can't think of a stage to replace it with.
edit: Android Alley
Now do top 5 best tracks
Dingo Canyon, its not even a question, it kills speed and doesn't allow you to build up much to begin with
How to destroy your controller in a few minutes:
1) Local Race
2) Time Trial
3) Dragon Mines
4) Ghost select: N. Oxide
True, you can't imagine the relieve i felt once i had beaten oxide's time...
It's harder than the original right? Bcuz it wasn't difficult for me to beat it :P
If you want to destroy your console select velo ghost
Wanna destroy your sanity and go N. Sane? Pick the Emperor Velo XXVII Time trial
ons_ 2301 No, Developer times.
For me it's Dragon Mines, Slide Coliseum, Thunderstruck, Sewer Speedway And Turbo track
Although i don't actually hate any of them and would race on all the tracks Slide and turbo are just Too boring and plain.
Sewer Speedway is broken in places including the shortcut and loss of momentum. Thunderstruck has some very frustrating sections when playing online due to how narrow parts are and the swinging Maces. And Dragon Mines is Dragon Mines it was never liked mostly due to the spiral corner that takes all your momentum
Thunder Struck is really hard to keep blue fire on
Spyro Fury Yeah it’s probably my weakest track. Because I either fly off or get hit by a swinging mace.
I used to not like Slide Coliseum back in PS1, but now I now understand to take the "slide" far beyond the tracks, even into the grass, and the input gymnastic required makes it honestly really fun to me,also has fun jumps despite being a flat track with no gaps.
Sewer Speedway makes me sad because it was fun in the original
@@ClassicGamerX11 You can time going through the maces but it's really hard and inconsistent. Just how Sewer speedway's shortcut sometimes work and sometimes doesn't
I hate dingo canyon, oxide station, and dragon mines due to lack of drifting. Meteor gorge and barin ruins are some of my faves cuz the drifting is amazing and so simple
Oxide Station, lack of drifting... We on the same track?
@@Taser9001 its just so cramped, only the beginning is good for drifting
I hated Oxide Station at first, but it's really satisfying when you can maintain blue fire. It's just really tricky
@@nashthrashington9749 very tricky
4:15 *Air break exist*
Airbreak: Am I joke to you?
Dragon Mines. Dragon Mines. Dragon Mines. Dragon Mines. Did I mention Dragon Mines?
Dragon mines was the last track I needed to beat oxide on to get the platinum trophy
For me it was gingerbread joyride
Man, I just hate Dragon Mines, since the original. It's the worse level, no doubt.
barin ruins was my childhood man
i loved it as a kid
This is a really interesting list. I love the first 4 choices. But dragon mines? Really? I get why you hate it but I honestly really like the design overall.
I actually agree with you on all these tracks, especially Dragon Mines with its cork screw turn. I don't remember that corner being so bad in the original. Problem is, in the new one, any corner you hit slows you massively.
In hard mode all tracks ar ez but i cried on blizzard buff two times
CGE:I'm not going to talk about the design of the tracks.
*proceeds to talk about designs of tracks*
Artistic design. As in colour palettes, and the aesthetic.
Track design. As in the shape and mechanics of the track
I don't agree with every pick you choose but most of them were spot on like dragon mines
Everybody gangsta till Megamix starts tearing up the race track
Dragon Mines and Turbo Track are very simple tracks, each with 1 section that requires skills. Most of the people who can U-turn consistently enjoy these tracks.
Ikr
I only hate 2 tracks because Beenox:
- Hyper Spaceway: a long track that was simply half cut from the original results in a bland track with USF all over it.
- Twilight Tour: once someone grabs the USF, there is no catch up, even with orbs (very slow).
I like Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge a lot. Sure, they don't have much in them, but that works in their favor as you can optimize power slides and the shortcuts to the max. And what about freaking Cortex Castle? That track is the father of all speed killers ever!
If you practice enough you can easily keep your speed by U-turning on Cortex Castle, it's actually my favorite track
@@HeavyRaiden I can do the U turn every now and then, but the amount required in this track makes it more stressful than fun.
@@VixYW I recommend to not use an advanced character, keeping the USF with them can be tough.
I hate Dragon Mines and Crash Cove. Dragon mines because I don't think it's well designed and Crash Cove because it's the hardest track on hard mode and one of the hardest time trials despite the fact that it's the first track in the game. It took me ages to get passed it on hard mode, but then I breezed through the rest of them wth game.
Dragon Mines is a good track: Change my Mind.
In terms of it looking beautiful, it's good. But is it a track we'd rather race in, nope
@@thiccgurllover3684 It's a track I'd rather race in :D
@@thiccgurllover3684 I dont get all the hate for Dragon Mines. It's called having ability.
@Crystal Phoenix same to you
@Crystal Phoenix Maintain SF from the turbo pad in the track, then on the second lap, take the shortcut while jumping through it. You'll be sonic out this bitch!
Inferno island is awful😑
Dragon mines is my favorite but i respect your idea!
5. Sewer Speedway
4. Blizzard Bluff
3. Oxide Station
2. Turbo Track
1. Dragon Mines
Only CNK maps I'm not too fond of are Meteor Gorge and Barin Ruins, but that's purely from aesthetics.
Why you hate my track?
My top 5:
1. Inferno Island. It's Coco Park without the corner cutting and online play revolves around who can boost chain longer or gets more missiles, shields or masks than the others.
2. Coco Park. It's a wide circle where you boost chain all race. Only saving grace is corner cutting's fun.
3. Oxide Station. Great boss race, pain in the butt to race online.
4. Crash Cove. Up until the bridge it's great, then it turns into Inferno Island.
5. Papu Pyramid. Fun offline or in Adventure mode but online play boils down to who can do 2 shortcuts the most consistently which makes the race's outcome more deterministic and thus more boring.
We all agree that dragon mines is the worst ever... ever EVUR!!!
laughs evilly in Oxide Ghost
IMO Oxide Station is the worst track in the game.
- Its long and Boring
- No shortcuts whatsoever
- The bumpy-ness of the track makes it incredibly difficult not to lose speed,
- Collision on the side of the track when landing from ramps can have you clip off.
Meteor gorge is actually a damn good track imo
And I dont like Turbo track but I suppose that if you master u turn it's a good track
In the original ones, I think Clockwork Wumpa is worse than Dragon Mines '-'
omg i didn't know how many people didn't like dragon mines. that turn...god i hate it. also turbo track, hate that too
I feel like hyper spaceway should be here too
That track is a pain online since getting hit abywhere makes you fall off
Huh. Well this is an opinion piece so I know you aren’t peddling these as facts, but four and five seem... unusual. They’re almost always some of the most popular tracks when I play.
Still, great vid!
thank you!
Yea I never said this was a matter of fact (kinda hard to determine it) but I sat down and I had a huge session playing through every track end to end and just judged my feelings.
Most tracks were positive, but I felt 4 and 5 just kinda fell flat in comparison to my thoughts and experience. Like I had said I don't think their bad, just kinda, bland.
But that's my personal point of view, can't help what I like and dont like lol
I couldn’t agree more with the last track tbh. Dragon Mines could be a fun track, but that dayum corckscrew is just so poorly designed and basically halts all momentum you could’ve hoped to have. It’s due to this track alone why Komodo Joe was such a pain to beat in adventure mode.
I've already done the N. Trophy Time Trials for these and the platinum relics, wish me luck with the Oxide times.
You will learn to hate Dragon Mines.
@@clownymoosebean I just tried and failed to do the Oxide challenge today, and you're right!
I was lucky enough to get oxides trial on dragon mines in 15 minutes or so. The only track in the game that gave me trouble was sewer speedway which took about 2 hours
@@clownymoosebean I finally got all of the Oxide times! I'm a king now!
You will now endeavor to try to keep up with those maniacs online who are able to maintain sacred fire and outrun warp orbs.
Good choice for #1, that's my most hated track, too.
Stupidly tight turn followed by ramming into a pillar or getting run over by a mine cart (which travels as fast as a cart, making it very hard to time correctly).
Not to mention that beating Oxide's record on Dragon Mines was a pain to complete.
Joshua Focht if you know the U-turn mechanic Oxide ain’t even a factor
5 and 4 shouldnt even be on this list lmao legit easy and fun tracks to play on. You tripping fam
I agree with all of these except Meteor Gorge. I would've replaced it with Sewer Speedway.
I also don't like those tracks, but not because the tracks suck. But because I suck on them. I always feel like if I had learn the track better I wouldn't suck so much on it. But because I don't take the time, I don't like the tracks XD
5. Assembly Lane
Really long and drab to look at. Effectively just becomes N.Gin Labs in the last section. Beats out Inferno Island because it's longer.
4. Dingo Canyon
Absolutely can't stand the water section or the armadillos.
3. Oxide Station
A very long track with no shortcuts and little room to maneuver makes this track, especially online, a steamroll win or defeat based on how well placed items are to mess up your day.
2. Dragon Mines
The spiral really does speak for itself.
1. Tiger Temple
A track that favours RNG over skill is never a good track. Whilst it was clearly originally built to give you an edge over AI competition, the forward-throwing shortcut is damn near a requirement to have any hope of winning an online game.
Let's be real though, with items balanced for a rubber-banding AI and dodgy sync issues, can we truly say any one track is bad when online is so hilariously broken?
Tiger temple is a good track overall, the game is not just on line. But I couldnt agree more about Dingo Canyon. Must be one of the tracks I hate the more with Inferno Island
I actually love inferno island because it has the closest field of ANY online track due to lack of shortcuts and difficulty so it's the only track where a novice could realistically beat a pro
Swap out Barin Ruins for Coco Park or Twilight Tour (probably sick of that because it is picked once every 2 tracks lol) and I 100% agree
5:00 That was Rob Titus. I might have to ask him myself because I spent all of last night trying to beat the time trial on this thing...
I gotta disagree about Meteior Gorge it's become one of my favorite tracks in CTR lol thats just me.
The Price is Right Review I agree it’s a super fun track. I don’t even remember it from nitro kart but it’s easily top 5 in this game
@Crystal Phoenix for me Meteior Gorge is an awesome track if your a power slide pro I go to town on Meteior Gorge with my power slides.
Me too. Level feels fast and nice.
Its legit one of the best tracks
Agreed.
Dragon Mines and Turbo Track are some of my favourite tracks to play online. Almost no-one knows how to take the corners so it's a free win most of the time
Meteor Gorge is my favorite track
I hate Dragon Mines and Dingodile Canyon all the rest are fine
You can skip the Dragon Mines turn with the minekart shortcut. If you have enough speed you can u-turn into it and do it without a mask and it's incredibly satisfying to pull off.
My least favourites are Deep Sea Driving and Dingo Canyon
Any of the tracks that isn't Dragon Mines I find somewhat enjoyable (except maybe cortex castle)
Cortex Castle is so much fun when you can maintain boost for the whole track.
^
People who hate Dragon Mines and ESPECIALLY Turbo Track ate scrubs who can't u-turn
The REAL worst track is Dingo Canyon
Or sewer speedway
I love Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge but I really dislike Electron Avenue. I just don't like the layout and aesthetic of it. Finally, the less said about Dragon Mines, the better.
What's bad about Electron Avenue? Almost every turbo pad gives you blue flame and it's incredibly satisfying using the u turns to make tight turns. Not to mention drift boosting works splendid here.
The music and aesthetic is fun and exciting too!
@@heldon7951 Not really sure but I'm just not keen on it. It just doesn seem to 'flow' as well as the tracks I enjoy. I mean, I may come to like it once I get good enough to sustain USF for most of the lap but I'm only at the stage of being able to consistently chain 3 boosts at the moment. I still can't get the hang of those hop-brake u-turns yet either, but I'm sure they will come with practice :)
@@mikkdc once u get good at u turning. You'll enjoy it a lot more. Especially the last part is hella satisfying to keep usf
Dragon mines is not that bad...
It's called doing U-Turns my guy
Ohh I love Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge, are my favourite tracks online even :(
also, I love your content!! I would love to see your top 5 best tracks and other top counts :)
Barin Ruins being the first on the list is insane, it's literally my FAVORITE track of ALL the games
I despise Dragon Mines! I even had a tough time beating the AI on that one for Adventure mode. And I've been playing CTR ever since I was a kid!
I get that #5 and #4 aren't "unique" enough, but I feel that if you showed comparisons from the aspects of the other tracks they have then your point would come across stronger. However, for your top 3 your comparisons and reasoning were spot on.
I maybe should have emphasized more on the fact that I don't HATE those tracks, I just don't really care for them.
This video overall was actually kinda difficult to do cause I love so many tracks, there's only 3 I dislike. The other two are just kinda "meh" to me
@@CanadianGuyEh | no I definitely got the point across that you don't hate the tracks, however when you talk about how they aren't really unique aspects you should demonstrate what other tracks have said aspects (and do them with better theming, pacing, etc.)
Idk why but I genuinely have fun in metero gorge. It's an easy track to keep your speed on and drifting in the ice part will never stop satisfying me. In barren ruins the ice turn is satisfactory to drift on too.
I love Meteor Gorge too
Meteor Gorge and Barin Ruins and such fun tracks to play, don't know why they are in the list... The list should include buggy tracks like Sewer Speedway...
@@bpmotard1458 I fully expected crash cove to be in there along with Coco park because of how bland they are. I fully agree with inferno island tho
I love Barin Ruins and Meteor Gorge, but I do see Canadian Guy's point. The tracks are kind of bland, plus looking at the Nitro-Fueled versions, the design and colour pallet is more or less identical for both tracks.
Meteor gorge is my favourite track of the game lmao. Do I have a taste THAT bad? (The track that I like the least is slide coliseum, and thar would be it. I still like it)
I was like "Nah this dude ain't know what he's talking about" when #5 but then I remembered I love all tracks so I'd disagree no matter what popped up. The brick wall is why I love Turbo Track. So many people struggle with it online you can get one hell of a lead if you know what you're doing. Also keeping USF during it in one hell of a flex.
I’m pretty average at this game (I’ve only beat N.Tropy on 9 levels) but it’s so fun to play regardless! It’s gonna take me a long time unlock everything if I ever manage it. I’ll always enjoy thrashing around the courses with my fave characters.
I am FAR from being as OP as seemingly everyone else by now with keeping crazy speeds the entire race long as I tend to have a thing for finding walls where nobody else can (IRL and on the game, it's a strange power, really) and literally "boop" all my speed away all the time. Or fly straight off a cliff because I just have a complete brain fart and forget where the hell I'm going.
But I'm kinda surprised that Sewer Speedway and Thunderstruck aren't on here.
Sewer Speedway has an INCREDIBLY broken "shortcut" that literally nobody uses because even if you DO manage to get up there...you might end up further back in the pack somehow. Which, I don't know HOW this happens, as in the original I remember it being a KEY shortcut to take. If you attempt it and miss, then, well. You get stuck on the wall, start being forced backwards and are turned the wrong way automatically for some reason. Which. I don't understand at all. It's like, the CRUELEST shortcut-miss punishment of all. (I mean, this somehow always happens to me at least. I have NO idea how, or why, but yeah.)
Thunderstruck... again with those random walls coming out of nowhere that wanna "boop" me and just flying so far off the track I swear I think I'm going to land on an entirely different track. I loved the original (with the upside downs and the mass chaos) and I do NOT AT ALL blame Beenox for the change of the track. They did great with remaking it to fit CTR:NF standards, and the graphics and added stuff are just GORGEOUS, like with every other track. I'm still blown away whenever I race on an old track and see all this new beauty added. But Thunderstruck overall is sort of...muddy, and dull. I (think) in the original the wacky part of the track was at least a bright yellow to make the stage pop a bit more? Although it is a little easier to see hazards (other than those magical walls that I must love and ends of cliffs) that others lay down to avoid them a bit better, so thanks for that.
And Oxide Station. Ah, I don't know WHY. It was literally my FAVORITE on the original, I would purposely play it with (I think) 9 laps because it was/felt so LONG. But for some reason, it feels...really short now? I mean, it could be because of the longer CNK tracks added, making the track seem much shorter than it actually is. Though one thing that throws me off a little is one of the jumps, when you jump down through the middle of the giant corkscrew of track you just got yourself all dizzy over navigating and now feel a little, I don't know, "better" (can't think of a better word at the moment) jumping through what seem to be the endless hoops of tracks (sometimes seeing other players/AIs still suffering through it)... it feels like a LOT smaller of a jump, like it's all been squished down like a PB&J sandwich somehow. Now, again, I'm not sure if it really has or if my memory of the first game is just faulty (it's been at least 5 years since I last played it...yes, that's how long I had a PS2 hooked up and all those wired controllers with that one old memory card with the (then) 15 year old data still sitting around in my living room just so I could race with my dad and my live in aunt on an almost daily basis), it just feels that way.
But this is all just personal opinion. From a kinda novice, apparently, CTR:NF racer (who still LOVES the game and has no idea what she would do without it, just...kinda lost some of her racing skill from her childhood days, apparently).
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I’m surprised that dingo canyon wasn’t mentioned because it literally makes me go insane
You know, most people say that dragon mines is the hardest track to beat Oxide but I think Sewer speedway was way harder
I would add any track where people can cut the track in non-develoment ways. That includes Papu's Pyramid, Polar Pass, Electron Avenue, and unfortunately Thunderstruck as well. Thunderstruck is one of my favorite tracks even from CNK, but it's unenjoyable when sweats cut the track in ways unintended during development and that most people don't know to or need a specific character class under certain conditions in order to cut as they do.
Besides that, my top tracks are Deep Sea Driving, Coco Park, Tiny Temple, Mystery Caves, Blizzard Bluff, Cortex Castle, N. Gin Labs, Hot Air Skyway, and Oxide Station
Papu's pyramid and polar pass you can do with any character